Xref: utzoo comp.misc:11455 comp.org.eff.talk:1475 Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsh!wcs From: wcs@cbnewsh.att.com (Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs) Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Prodigy Special Offer hits my mailbox... Message-ID: <1991Feb12.230101.17787@cbnewsh.att.com> Date: 12 Feb 91 23:01:01 GMT References: <1991Feb11.061828.20234@looking.on.ca> <44013@ut-emx.uucp> Organization: ENOBOZOS: Bus error Lines: 21 In article <44013@ut-emx.uucp> awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) writes: > The two services are not comparable. > You are required to type messages online with Prodigy. > You are limited to 4 "pages" of 40 column text. I've seen Prodigy's stupid small screens, but does your contract with them REQUIRE you to use their terminal emulator? Could some enterprising hacker write an interface that at least gives you a human-readable screen and text upload/download using their protocols, or do they forbid that because you might turn off the advertising? Alternatively, could you use their tools in a Windows window with some sort of cut+paste TSR pretending to be you typing? Has anyone asked them to permit upgrades, even "censored" ones? -- Pray for peace; Bill # Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs AT&T Bell Labs 4M-312 Holmdel NJ # "I can see all Southeast Asia, I can see El Salvador, ..."